Daily Schedule

Actors Ellen Barkin and Joe Mantello discuss their roles in the Broadway production of Larry Kramer’s play “The Normal Heart.” Howard Wasdin takes us inside the world of Navy Seal Team Six and talks about this own experiences with the Special Forces. We’ll find out about Team Rubicon, a privately owned first response disaster relief organization. Plus, our latest Backstory segments look at the International Monetary Fund and the rising problem of prescription painkiller addiction and abuse.

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

Journalists James Foley and Clare Gillis were detained by the Libyan government while reporting on the war there. Hear their story. Plus: the psychological effects of war on veterans;...

When he died at age 29, country music virtuoso Hank Williams left behind a legacy of troubled stardom. It was inherited by his son—and his grandson. Today: the story of three musical mavericks named Hank Williams. And: we premiere our first installment of Soundcheck's Blind Date series.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

From the New Sounds Live Silent Film series at the World Financial Center, listen to new music written for the films of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu and played live by composer/bandleaders Robin Holcomb, Wayne Horvitz, and Lori Goldston.  These three Seattle-based composers managed to make it despite the Snowmageddon.   Hear excerpts from cellist Lori Goldston's score for a tale of father-son closeness - Ozu's "Passing Fancy," Wayne Horvitz' score to the melodrama of sibling sacrifice, "Woman of Tokyo," and highlights from Robin Holcomb's score for the crime thriller "That Night's Wife."